Tentative Course Schedule Spring 2021
This schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently.
| Week | Date | Lecture | Assignment | Resources and Readings |
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| Week 1 | March 29th |
Introduction to Syllabus & Classroom Tooling Python Basics Recap Metaprogramming: Callable Classes Metaprogramming: Decorators Classes Metaprogramming: Runtime Patching |
Week 1 & 2 Readings: Lutz. Ch. 1-7, Ch. 12, Ch. 21, Ch 39-40 |
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| Week 2 | April 5th & 6th |
Developer Tooling & Testing: Linter Debugger Profiling and Benchmarking Code< PyTest & Other Popular Testing Frameworks |
Homework #1 Out |
Week 1 & 2 Readings: Lutz. Ch. 1-7, Ch. 12, Ch. 21, Ch 39-40 |
| Week 3 | April 12th & 13th |
Working with Databases NoSQL vs SQL Options SQLAlchemy & Popular Database Modules |
Homework #1 Due (April 13th 11:59pm CT)
Homework #2 Out |
Reitz & Schlusser Ch. 10-11 |
| Week 4 | April 19th & 23rd |
Networking Programming Socket, requests module Connecting to the client |
Homework#2 Due (April 21st 11:59pm CT)
Homework #3 Out April 22nd |
Readings: Lutz. Ch. 14, 17,18,19,20 |
| Week 5 | April 26th & 29th |
Multiprogramming Threading & Sharing Variables Multiprocessing & Pools Async Programming Python's GIL |
Homework #3 Due (April 29th 11:59pm CT)
Homework #4 Out April 29th
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Readings: Ramalho Ch. 16-17 |
| Week 6 | May 3rd & 6th |
Serializing Data XML JSON YAML Pickling Protobufs Data Classes Collections Module |
Homework #4 Due (May 6th 11:59pm CT)
Homework #5 Out May 6th
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Readings: Reitz & Schlusser Ch. 9-11 |
| Week 7 | May 10th & 13th |
Python & The Web SQLAlchemy Flask What is web programming |
Homework #5 Due (May 13th 11:59pm CT)
Homework #6 Out May 13th |
Readings: Readings: Reitz & Schlusser Ch. 9-11 |
| Week 8 | May 17th & 20th |
Python For Data Analysis SciPy & Pandas & Scikit-learn overview Building a predictive model with sklearn |
Homework #6 Due (May 20th 11:59pm
CT)
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Downey Ch. 6
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| Week 9 | May 24th & 25th |
CPython Internals & Type Hinting Writing a Python compiler |
Final Project Out. |
Readings: Core Python Documentation |
Week 10 | May 31st |
No Class!
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Final Project Due (June 1st @
11:59pm CT)
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